M Wrestling

Tornado Storm into Regionals Today

Feb 24, 2012

BRISTOL, Tenn. – King Men's Wrestling begins its quest for a regional championship and an appearance at the NCAA Division II National Championship at today's Super Region Two Championships. The tournament is being held in Edmond, Okla. and is being hosted by University of Central Oklahoma. King College takes nine regionally ranked wrestlers and a team fifth place ranking into the tournament.

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Five nationally-ranked teams, including No. 18 King, help make up the field of 11 teams in the Super Region Two Championships. Those teams include No. 6 Central Oklahoma, No. 10 Ashland (Ohio), No. 13 Findlay (Ohio), No. 15 Limestone (S.C.), and King (Tenn.). Filling out the rest of the competing teams are Belmont Abbey (N.C.), Central Missouri, Lake Erie (Ohio), Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), Tiffin (Ohio) and Truman State (Mo.).

The tournament opens at 12:00 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 25) with championship first round and quarterfinal action and resumes at 4:00 p.m. with two rounds of consolation matches. Championship and consolation semifinals will be held at 12:00 p.m. Sunday, with the third- and fifth-place matches set for 4:00 p.m., followed by the championship finals and any challenge matches for "true" fourth.

Wrestlers are competing for a berth in the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships, set for March 9-10 in Pueblo, Colorado. The top-four placers at each of the 10 weights -- 40 in all -- advance to the national tournament. Each region qualifies 40 individuals to give the national tournament a 160-wrestler field, with 16 competitors at each weight vying for All-America honors and an individual national championship.

Twenty-two top-six placers are back from last year's Super Regional Two Championships. The list includes (by weight):